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" We seem to treat the thoughts, that present themselves to the fancy in crowds, as a great man treats those [courtiers] that attend his levee. They are all ambitious of his attention. He goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another;... "
The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany - Page 186
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The works of Thomas Reid, with selections from his unpublished letters ...

Thomas Reid - 1846 - 1080 pages
...: he goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another ; asks a short question of a third ; while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction. In like...
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Body and Soul; Or Life, Mind, and Matter, Considered as to Their Peculiar ...

George Redford - 1847 - 266 pages
...attention: he goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another; asks a short question of a third; while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." He considers...
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Elements of Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Two Departments of ..., Volume 1

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1848 - 472 pages
...attention. He goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another; asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." $ 311....
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Compendium of Dr. Brown's Philosophy of the Human Mind

Thomas Brown, James Parkinson Boyle - 1849 - 370 pages
...attention, he goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another, asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." With...
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Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

Thomas Reid - 1850 - 496 pages
...bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another, asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honored with a particular conference, and the greater part...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction. In like...
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Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

Thomas Reid - 1850 - 522 pages
...bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another, asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honored with a particular conference, and the greater part...came. It is true, he can give no mark of his attention lo those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction. In...
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Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for ...

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1852 - 564 pages
...upon one, a smile upon another, asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honoured witii a particular conference ; and the greater part have...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there ; but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." $ 210....
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The Art of Reasoning: A Popular Exposition of the Principles of Logic

Samuel Neil - 1853 - 314 pages
...attention : he goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another, asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true he can give no mark of his attention to those who came not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." Mr....
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Elements of Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Two Departments of ..., Volume 1

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1857 - 474 pages
...attention. He goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another ; asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." I, 311....
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Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for ...

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1857 - 554 pages
...of a third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular conference ; and the greater part have nff particular mark of attention, but go as they came....It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there ; but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." ยง...
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